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Author: Erin Piper
Inquiry Lives Here
GREG NEIL, Inquiry Portfolio Leader/Grade 9 Teacher Visit this post on our new website At Connect Charter School, inquiry-based learning doesn’t stop when the lunch bell rings. John Cadman, a Grade 4 Math/Science Teacher, recently started a lunch club called the Nerf Mod Club. This club provides students in Grades 4 and 5 the opportunity to explore a number of scientific and mathematical principles, all embedded within the joyful act of firing a Nerf projectile. As Mr. Cadman explains, the goal of the club is to modify the student’s own Nerf blasters to either fire faster or more accurately.In this … Continue reading Inquiry Lives Here
Dr. Butterfield speaks at AEE on EXPO
Earlier this month, Dr. Butterfield, our school Principal was invited to speak the Association for Experiential Education’s (AEE) annual conference, which was held in Montreal. In the fall of 2017, Connect introduced an experiential education model that incorporates experiential and … Continue reading Dr. Butterfield speaks at AEE on EXPO
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Grade 5 EXPO Week
This year, the grade 5 classes are exploring the theme of change. Change in ecosystems, change in climate, change in identity, growth and change in self. … Continue reading Grade 5 EXPO Week
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Grade 4: Examining Alberta’s History, Part 1
-by Brittney Glinsbockel and Ivy Waite In grade 4 Humanities this term, students have been examining events that are relevant to Alberta’ History. To begin with, as a class, students examined posters advertising settlement to Canada’s west and activated prior … Continue reading Grade 4: Examining Alberta’s History, Part 1
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Creating Fitness Videos in PE: Inquiry Lives Here
Dean Schmeichel explains how students inquire into fitness by creating their own fitness video based on a variety of experiences provided to them by experts in a number of physical education fields. Video by Rick Fawcett Continue reading Creating Fitness Videos in PE: Inquiry Lives Here
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Grade 9 Drama: Playwriting with Purpose
Last term, Drama specialist, Heather Melville decided to take her Grade 9 Drama class down a playwriting path with purpose. To begin with, Heather spoke to the Grades 4, 5 and 6 science teachers to find out where teachers were … Continue reading Grade 9 Drama: Playwriting with Purpose
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Talking to the Text
Earlier this school year, Grade 8 Humanities Teacher Jaime Groeller worked with her students to purposefully engage them in Active Reading. Below is an excerpt from her class blog around “Talking to the Text”. Inspired by a student video created … Continue reading Talking to the Text
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Upcycle That! Grade 4 Waste in Our World
-by Dave Bennett and Katie Haigh As part of our Waste in Our World exploration, grade 4s have been tasked with taking something of little or no value and creating something usable that serves a purpose. The overarching question was … Continue reading Upcycle That! Grade 4 Waste in Our World
FreshGrade: Commendations, Recommendations & Limitations
(continued from earlier posts Deirdre’s Reflections, Kevin’s Reflection, the introduction to our action research, emphasizing student autonomy) -by Deirdre Bailey and Kevin Sonico A major advantage of the FreshGrade tool that has been touched on briefly above but merits further discussion was … Continue reading FreshGrade: Commendations, Recommendations & Limitations